Nickel Strip for Battery Packs

NICKEL STRIP

Datum offers a wide range of standard and custom battery connectors, battery crimps and battery tags in Nickel Plated Steel, Nickel Plated Copper, Nickel Solder tabs and pure Nickel Strips to suit your requirements and application. We produce all our strips and tags in-house. They are cut to order with our specialized slitting and cutting equipment. This enables us to deliver high-quality standard and custom-size tags at competitive prices with short lead times.

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Custom Nickel Strips

Custom Nickel strips are becoming increasingly popular as miniaturization and power electronics drive specialized tag shapes, formats and load requirements. We can specialty etch or stamp custom-shaped tags, and provide Design For Manufacture (DFM) input to ensure high-yielding and repeatable production processes.

Datum manufacture custom battery connectors to your specifications from coil or sheet. We also offer a comprehensive crimping service via a trusted third party with the capability to crimp to any pre-crimped or preassembled wire.
  • Available wire sizes: 20-26 AWG, Standard 7/0.2mm, others available upon request
  • Crimp dimensions: 11mm spade and 16mm in length
  • Material: Nickel Plated Stainless Steel

Nickel Grade

We use Nickel 200/201 grade, which conforms to the ASTM B162 standard. It’s commercially pure (99.6% and higher) with good mechanical properties, and is resistant to a range of corrosive media. Our nickel strip and tags make excellent battery connectors because they have a low electrical resistance.
Due to its ability to withstand high temperatures and its conductivity, Nickel is often used as a plating for softer metals and is commonly used to provide hard-wearing plating for components, battery connectors and tags for the electronics industry. Most of the material we provide will be used as battery connectors, to link cells together either as a single tag from cell to cell or as a special etched or stamped tag, which can link multiple cells. The tags can be used as electronic parts, and in resistance to corrosion applications, like handling alkaline solutions and foods.
Nickel plated steel is ideally suited as links for battery connections. This material is both easy to spot weld and solder. Apart from standard coil and plain tags, this Nickel plated steel is often used for H Tags, the industry known 1404 Tag, and PCB board battery tags. Typically, it has 2 microns of nickel plate on both sides. Spot welding is widely used in industries that manufacture solar panels, switches and circuit boards. The spot welding process is ideal for manufacturing complex and delicate electronic components.

Pure Nickel Strips & Tags - Typical Chemical Composition (%)

ElementsNickel 200/201
Ni99.6
Cu0.001
Fe0.07
Mn0.25
C0.01
Si0.14
S0.001
Mg0.02
Ti0.002

Pure Nickel Strips & Tags - Typical Mechanical Properties

PropertiesNickel 200/201
Tensile Strength N/mm2Max 130
Tensile Strength N/mm2Min 50
Electrical Resistivity Ω/m9.0 x 10-8

Nickel Plated steel

  • Typical composition (%): Fe 99.6 + trace elements
  • Typical Ni plating thickness: 2 µm, both sides
  • Typical Hardness: 80-110HV
  • Thicknesses available: 0.127 mm (stock), 0.1 to 0.3mm; all meet industry standard tolerance of 0.01 mm

Battery Crimps

Nickel battery connectors, Nickel plated battery connectors and Nickel strip for battery connection are best suited as links for battery packs making it is easy to solder, spot or tag weld.

Datum battery crimps replace slow, expensive soldering processes in battery pack manufacturing. By working with our customers and understanding their processes, we supply our crimps to remove bottlenecks from critical areas of your production lines.

  • Available wire sizes: 20-26 AWG, Standard 7/0.2mm, others available upon request.
  • Crimp dimensions: 11mm spade and 16mm in length
  • Material: Nickel Plated Stainless Steel
  • Crimps are available in reels of 10,000 pieces per reel.

Battery Crimps - Typical Chemical Composition (%)

FeCSiMnPS
99.60.050.020.180.0120.02

Sizes Available

Coils: 3, 3.2, 4, 4.8, 5, 6, 6.35 mm wide
Tags cut to length on request
Stock is 0.127 mm thick; others available upon request
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Benefits of nickel

Nickel-plated steel tags are an economical alternative to pure nickel. In many cases, they can serve as a drop-in replacement to traditional nickel and deliver a significant cost-savings. We also offer nickel-plated steel battery crimps in a variety of configurations.
Pure (>99.6%) nickel is highly corrosion-resistant and has lower electrical resistance than nickel-plated steel; therefore it is recommended for applications in chemical or food processing, high-performance electrical and electronic assemblies, and other harsh environments. We use only 200 and 201 grade nickel that conforms to the ASTM B162 standard because we feel it has the best combination of mechanical, electrical and chemical properties for this application.

We test all incoming material to assure it meets Datum quality standards before it is stocked, and use specialized equipment to assure repeatable, high-quality output from our wholly owned, ISO 9001:2015 certified production facilities.

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Nickel Strip

Quality Control

Our Quality Control department performs robust quality checks. Datum is ISO 9001 certified.

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FAQ

Pure nickel strip (Nickel 200/201, 99.6%+ purity) offers lower electrical resistance and superior corrosion resistance, making it the preferred choice for high-performance and harsh-environment applications. Nickel-plated steel is a cost-effective alternative suited to standard battery connections — it uses a steel core coated with approximately 2 microns of nickel on both sides. Datum supplies both materials, cut to your specification.

Yes. Both pure nickel and nickel-plated steel strips from Datum are suitable for spot welding and soldering. Nickel-plated steel is particularly well suited to spot welding and is widely used for H-tags, 1404 tags, and PCB board battery tags. Spot welding is the preferred method for high-volume battery pack production as it minimises heat transfer to the cells.

Yes. Datum manufactures custom battery tags and connectors to your specifications using specialty etching and metal stamping. We can provide Design For Manufacture (DFM) input to ensure high-yielding, repeatable production. Custom crimping is also available via a trusted third party. Contact us with your drawings or requirements for a quote.

Standard coil widths are 3, 3.2, 4, 4.8, 5, 6, and 6.35 mm. Stock thickness is 0.127 mm, with other thicknesses from 0.1 to 0.3 mm available on request. Tags are cut to length on request. Custom widths and shapes can also be produced in-house using our specialised slitting and cutting equipment.

We use Nickel 200/201 grade, conforming to ASTM B162 — commercially pure nickel at 99.6% or higher. All incoming material is tested against Datum quality standards before being stocked. This ensures consistent electrical resistivity (9.0 × 10⁻⁸ Ω/m), mechanical properties, and corrosion resistance, which is critical for reliable long-term battery performance.

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